<p>SAT-1450 V730 M720
SAT II- MATH 2c 730
Physics 700
Writing 720
HS GPA- Grade 10- 4.00(unweighted0
Grade 11-3.something lowish. I did really badly
Grade 12- 3.7 so far this year
Great EC's
Member of Varsity soccer team and tennis team, debates, MUN, elocutions, national level quiz and debate competitions.
good, well balanced portfolio of art work.
Done two internships at an architects office bot for two weeks
Chief Editor of school magazine and yearbook
Photography editor
Community service to villages in India for two weeks at a time. (Im from India)
Great essays and very good teacher recommendations
I have legacy(my dad graduated from rice)
Applying ID</p>
<p>also alying to cornell, umich, wustl and syracuse</p>
<p>i'm from houston, and i know that as an outside texas candidate, your chances at rice will be lower. but, you seem very qualified. maybe i'll be seeing you there? i just got accepted to the shephard school of music at rice. </p>
<p>have you considered columbia,brown and princeton which have good architecture schools as well?</p>
<p>what sort of sat scores etc did you get thatindiandude?</p>
<p>see, i'm still applying to other schools. i'm actually going to be a 3 year high school graduate. ok, but for my sat I i earned a 1520 and my sat II avg for math II, writing and ushist was 710. i was top 7% of my class. </p>
<p>the grades and all are good, and i go to a feeder school in the area. but that's not why i gained admission. see, i've given multiple concerts at the school's hall and i've won competitions at the national level-those are probably why they're letting me in, because i'm in without even applying. they're just recruiting me like that.</p>
<p>i'll just post my stuf:</p>
<p>Indian American Male
Highly competitive public school in Houston,Texas
Rank: 44/697
Weighted GPA on a 5 scale: 4.5806(I took Debate for all years in addition to Yearbook which lowered my GPA because they are 4.0 classes)
SAT- 1520(720 and 780M)
SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 770 Math IIC, 770 Biology<br>
IBs done: 7 US History, 7 Music Theory with Musical Performance</p>
<pre><code>APs for this year: Calculus BC, Physics B, Latin Vergil, Latin Literature, Biology, English, Micro Economics, Macro Economics, Domestic Government, and Comparative Government
IB HLs for this year: Math, Economics, English, Latin
IB SLs for this year:Statistics
IB Diploma Candidate
This year courses: Calculus BC, IB Math HL, Physics AP, Latin IV AP, Biology AP, English AP, Yearbook, Micro/Macro AP, Government AP
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<p>I know Harvard Early Action is basically a lottery, but I just wanted to know my chances as the resume looks. I'm applying to many schools because I'm scared of what might happen so I think for regular decision, I'm applying:
Yale, Princeton, U.Chicago, Penn-Wharton, Dartmouth, Stanford, Rice, Northwestern, Columbia, UCLA, and UT-Austin.</p>
<pre><code>ECs by category:
Piano:
HMTA 9th grade Theory Test Gold Medal, HMTA 9th grade overall winner for performance, Performance at HSPVA Young Musician's Night, UIL State Gold Medal,HMTA 10th grade Gold medal, HMTA gold medal for overal top performer, Houston Chopin Society Finalist(2nd place overall), National Chopin Competition SemiFinalist, Houston Symphony Youth Concerto-top symphony, Competition Winner(Performed with Houston Symphony as a soloist), Performance of Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto along with University of Houston's Moore's School of Music Symphony Orchestra, Rachmaninoff 3rd Piano Concerto performance at Rice University's Shephard School of Music, same music performed at the Jones Hall(Houston's premier Performing arts center), Performance with Clear Lake Symphony Orchestra as winner of Houston Symphony Youth Concerto Winner, Texas Music Teachers Association(TMTA) 2nd place overall, Performance at Houston Symphony Spring Show-Chopin, 11th grade-Invitation to National Chopin Society symposium
Student Government:
Elected as Secretary of 9th grade class, elected as Recording secretary of Freshman Advisory, Elected as Secretary of 10th grade class, Elected as Sophmore Advisory Vice President 10th grade,Treasurer of 11th grade Class, Vice President of Junior Advisory Selected to Students as Allies as one of 28 students selected from 3,400 in 10th grade, Elected as Vice President of SaA 10th grade, Attended National What Kids Can Do Conference at Houston, Chairperson of schoolwide Teacher-Student Relations, Selected as one of three students for the Youth Police Action Committee 11th grade, Continued position as Chairperson and Vice President in 11th grade
Athletics:
Fall Fever Fun Run(Age 14-15) Winner, Winner of Rice Invitational-9th grade meet, Varsity Cross Country(9,10,11) and Varsity Track(9,10 because 11th grade track hasn't started yet), District Freshman of the Year, Regional Newcomer of the Year(both for Xcountry),Fall Fever 5K 3rd place in 17 and younger category, 3rd place at Rice Invitational Varsity Meet, Participant in HP Houston Marathon with time of 2 hours 58 minutes, Winner of Rice Invitational 11th grade,
Latin:
National Latin Exam Summa Cum Laude 9th grade, Junior Classical League Regional Certamen 9th grade, Junior Classical League State Derivatives Overall Winner 9th grade, National Latin Exam Summa Cum Laude 10th grade, Junior Classical League State Geography Overall Winner 10th grade, Recording Secretary of JCL 10th grade, President of JCL 11th grade
Karate:
Joshinmon Karate State Kumite(14-15age group) 1st place in 9th grade, Joshinmon Karate State Kata 1st place,Joshinmon Karate National Kumite(14-15 age group) 3rd place in 9th grade, Joshinmon Karate National Kata 2nd place, Joshinmon Karate International Competition in Japan 4th place Kata, Joshinmon Karate Internationals in Japan 2nd place in Kumite, Houston Chapter Joshinmon Top Student, Student Teacher(3 days weekly)
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<p>Work/Research:
Summer of 10th grade/Beginning of the next school year-Employed by Electrophysiological Practice in Texas Heart Institute to read EKGs, Worked 5 hours daily for 12 weeks. Was on payroll and earned $3500 by the end of the term. Attended National You Leadership Forum on Medicine</p>
<pre><code>I'm receiving letters of recommendation from my Latin teacher, my English teacher(student govt. sponsor), and my piano teacher.
Additionally, I'm sending off two supplementary cds to be evaulated. The piano cd has Chopin's minute waltz, Mozart's Variations on Twinkle Twinkle Schumann's Traumerei, and Chopin's Nocturne in Eb. These are pieces that I have played in both national and regional competitions.
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<p>Any advice is very helpful, unless, of course, it's unrelenting destructive. Haha, so please keep it calm and constructive =) Thanks.</p>
<p>WOW! Im never going to get in.</p>
<p>Clear lake high school?</p>
<p>whats clear lake?</p>
<p>Not Clear Lake High School, but the University of Houston-Clear Lake Campus.</p>
<p>But look, you're extremely qualified in your field. Architecture? I think you have a great shot, and it's obvious that you know what you're doing.</p>
<p>I just got in because of music. They didn't see my other stuff, so my admission to their school of music only means that I can play at Rice, nothing else. Don't worry, it'll be ok. Rice doesn't really care much about legacy, but what does your dad do now, and where does he live?</p>
<p>thatindiandude: You have amazing talent in music (and for an Indian). Your parents must not be a stero-typical Indian parents.</p>
<p>To OP: Architect and Shepherd school of music are the hardest school to get in.</p>
<p>he is an architect im not doing it to follow in his footsteps or anything and neither did he push me into it (actually, he seriously asked me to reconsider when i told him i wanted to to architecture). anyway, why am i getting defensive.
he(along with me) lives in new delhi and has a 40 person practice which he owns.</p>
<p>thatindiandude, that's so cool! my friend who's a sophomore is in Rice's shephard school of music right now! congrats!</p>
<p>thatindiandude, what chopin do you play?</p>
<p>I've played all his etudes, nocturnes, mazurkas and polonaisses. However, I just recently learned Fantasie Impromptu. I'm not really big on Chopin-what I mean, is that he's one of my less revered composers because I feel his work is just too...odd. But, don't listen to the rumors: Fantasie Impromptu is not one of the MOST DIFFICULT pieces in the world. My suggestion would be: if you are interested in Chopin, take a look at Revel before you start that Chopin piece, because you just might like his impressionist works more than Mr.Fredric's. If you have any more questions bout music, don't hesitate to just IM me at nomoreflab or email me at <a href="mailto:vidhariharan@yahoo.com">vidhariharan@yahoo.com</a>.</p>
<p>Ever try Liszt? I'm playing Gershwin right now... Rhapsody in Blue. I'm not hardcore like you though, I just play for fun.</p>
<p>thatindiandude, that's really cool. I like Chopin, but what I've played is pretty basic compared to what you've played. I've only tried the Revolutionary etude, but pretty much gave up. after three weeks (Left hand really didn't seem all that hard after repition though). I've played a good amount of his nocturnes and waltzes. No mazurkas. I've played the "classic" military polonaisse and am working on the Ab one now. About Revel, I played Debussy instead of Revel- my teacher already gave me that idea:) Same here, I play most for fun.</p>
<p>several more questions for thatindiandude: When did you start playing etudes and how in the world do you find time to work on all those pieces? (and finish them!) and, Did you decide not to apply to Harvard ED?</p>